Mission Statement
To improve the lives of citizens of South Dakota, the United States, and the world by providing opportunities to develop skills, direction, and the drive to be successful, and by enhancing meat quality and safety and by reducing food costs.
Research
- Research Interests
- Contributing to the body of knowledge in the area of beef quality
- Mechanisms regulating beef tenderness
- Use of optical technology to predict tenderness
- Fetal programming as it relates to muscle and fat development
- Cellular mechanisms controlling marbling beef cattle
- Tenderness prediction methodologies
- Beef tenderness improvement technologies
- Meat Industry Links
- Meat Science Publications
Specialized Staff - Meat
Amanda Blair
Assistant Director of West River Agricultural Center/Professor
Department of Animal Science
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Extension
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ West River Research and Extension
Christina Bakker
Assistant Professor / ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Extension Meat Science Specialist
Department of Animal Science
³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Extension